And while we’re getting geeky here, motherboard manufacturer MSI is building in a phone adapter for Skype and PSTN calls.

Yet another way to make long distance VoIP calls using your cell phone: VONaLink’s $29 DialBridge software.

We all know that dealing with email takes an increasing bite out of our days — about two hours to be exact, adding up to 10 years of our working lives. That’s the conclusion of a UK study commissioned of by headset manufacturer Plantronics. Unsurprisingly Plantronics found that phone calls were a better way to handle things.